Belt



June 5, 1945. s. R. REIMEL l l2,377,650

BELT

Filed oct. 24, 1942 Patented June 5, 194s BELT Samuel R.. Reiniel, Akron, Ohio, assigner to The B. F. Goodrich Company, New York, N. Y., a 'corporation o! New York Application October 24, 1942, Serial No. 463,201

4 Claims. This invention relates to belts and more espe -cially to conveyor belts for handling crushed rock,

coal, ore and the like materials.

In the handling of such materials, wide belts of of the invention showing a modified construction, parts being broken away.

In accordance with the invention, a plurality of layers of transversely disposed cords are incorrubber and textile material are guided over 5 porated inthe belt preferably above the reinforctrroughhilg rollers to provide a.t rxovin trough ing fblittilohoord lodyfOtfhth bolt and below th W ic e material is deposi e an conveye cover wi e cor s o e ayers crossing eac 'I'hese materials are Often in large heavy pieces other and 1fpreferably embedded in a cushioning and in falling upon the belt set up localized 'layer of ru ber composition. Good results have strains which if not distributed adequately over m been obtained with breaker plies in which the an area of the belt surface cause damage to the cords are disposeddiagonally in opposite direclayers of fabric which comprise the strength-suptions giving a balanced construction. For an plying portion of the belt. Also in some services, odd number of plies a layer of cords disposed in as in the case of belts for mucking machines, it the directly transverse directionvmay be associis sometimes desired to operate belts about relaated withthe diagonally disposed plies. tively slriall diameter pulleys even though the belt thRefefr1"i;ililg o1 1:thzl drawinl,1 aid first to (llg. l `bethic ereo e e, s own in e rawing an em- Prior constructions utilizing cords extending bodying the inventionhas a plurality of superimlongitudinally of the belt, while possessing conpOSed Strength giving layers I0 of Square woven siderabie iiexibiiity, have had the disadvantage 2o fabric such as belt duck impregnated or fricthat impact and load stresses have not been well tioned andoated witg rugbeicompositior; azrkild distributed over the width of the belt. -Again, laid with t e Warp t rea s engthwise o e l prior constructions utilizing cords extending belt and the ller threads transverse thereof to transversely across the belt at 90 degrees or nearprovide a body H. If desired this body may be ly so to the longitudinal direction of the belt. 2,6 formed 0f UIIWOYGH COldS 0I 00rd fabric laid while being highly effective in distributing load leiigltfliwiel:l ci; ttlie belt.` d bd l' ,1 It f and impact stresses over t e width of the belt, ve le a ric or cor y ,a p ura i yo have had the disadvantage that the stiffness of breaker layers I2, I3 of cords are laid diagonally the belt has objectionably resisted flexibility, esof the belt with the cords well protected by a pecially for deep troughing, and the transverse layer I4 of resilient cushioning rubber material cords have not added materially to the resistance between the body and tllie cgrd billeaker layeibn, of the belt to tension loads. a smi ar ayer o resi ieri cus ioning ru er The principa1 objects of the invention are to composition I5 between the cord breaker layers provide for utilizing the advantages of prior con- I2, I3 protects the cords from sawing across each structions, while avoiding or overcoming their Otherdisadvantages, to provide for effective distributough resillentlayer 5.01 rubber COmPDStlOn tion of load and impact forces across the belt ProvidesaplOteCtVecOverlng'over the cord layer while nevertheless facilitating transverse flexure '3 and may surroun'd the *nm'e body 0f the belt of the belt `for troughing, to provide improved to provide an apfaslonr?sls;ant covrng and to impact resistance of the belt both longitudinally 40 protect the textil e matena'l rom molsture thereof and transversely, to provide for making To provide or nchorihg igltcover mgre se; possible thick but nevertheless effectively flexible cure? about't d e gesl of de e ole or nre od belts, to provide greater longitudinal strength and tle 'rsegfes grllldghse gli? mes ggghlengt permit use of thinner belts having cord breaker Sog as neldicted at n mFig 3 g layers, and to provide greater anchorage for fas- Ass the cord breaker layeljs 'extend diagonally tenersci the beit they permit trcughing cf the beit and These and other obJects will appear from the distribute blows longitudinally as Wen as transf fomwing descmpton and the accompanymg versely of the belt. The cords are all separated drawing' 60 from each other by rubber composition to resist of the drawmg: abrasion and are conveniently rubberized by pass- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a ing them through a calender and there applying belt constructed in accordance-with and embodyrubber composition therein; The calendered ing the invention, parts being broken away. cords may be cut diagonally to provide blocks of Fig. 2 is a similar view of another embodiment 66 sheet material which may be assembled in edge to edge relation to provide a sheet of diagonally disposed cushioned cords. This construction eliminates seams and provides a continuous sheet.

The use of diagonal cord breakers provides additional strength where belts are spliced with fasteners as they provide better anchorage of the fasteners.

By placing the cord breaker layers on each other in pairs, the cords o! one layer balance any tendency of the cords of the other layer to cause the belt to run crooked and provide for distributing blows in all directions. The ends of the cords are preferably free from anchorage` except by being embedded in the cushioning composition and for this reason are preferably terminated short of the side edges of the belt in the rubber material. Preferably the cords are laid at an angle ofabout 45 degrees to the longitudinal sides of the belt but this angle may be varied, a smaller angle providlng evengreater lateral flexibility and less resist- 1.1

ance to troughing while adding materially to the longitudinal strength oi' the belt.

Where it is desired to employ-an odd number of plies of breaker cords. a balanced construction may be obtained by laying the cords of two layers diagonally oi' the belt with their cords crossing each other and the odd layer with its cords at 90 degrees to the side edges of the belt as in Fig. 2, where the fabric body oi the belt is designated by the numeral and is the same construction as that of Fig. 1.- The cord layers however comprise layers 2l, 22 of cords laid diagonally of the belt and crossing each other, and the layerY 23, therebetween comprises cords laid transversely of the belt at 90 degrees to its margins. The cords of layers 2| and 22 balance each other whereas the odd layer 23 being transverse to the belt does not need balancing. The odd layer may be placed above or below the crossed diagonal layers if desired. All of the layers are separated from each other by layers 24, 25 of cushioning rubber, and a covering 28 oi.' tough rubber composition surrounds all of the textile material and protects it from abrasion and dampness.

In either of the illustrated embodiments of the invention the diagonal cords distribute shocks both longitudinally and transversely of the belt and permit troughing of the belt without buckling of the cords.

Variations may be made without departing from the scope'of the invention as it is defined by the following claims.

Iclaim: 1. A conveyor belt for running in -a troughed condition and receiving material on its face, said.

belt comprising a body of reinforcing material, a breaker structure thereon, and a protective covering on said breaker structure, said breaker structure comprising a plurality of layers of diagonally disposed cords with the cords of one layer crossing the cords of another and a Alayer of cords disposed transversely oi the belt at substantially degrees to its side edges and adjacent one of said layers of diagonally disposed cords.

Z. A conveyor belt for running in a troughed condition and receiving material on its face, said belt comprising a body of textile material, a breaker structure thereon. and a protective cov` ering on said breaker structure, said breaker structure comprising a plurality of layers of diagonally disposed cords with the cords of one layer crossing the cords oi another and a layer of cords disposed transversely of the belt at substantially 90 degrees to its side edges, said last-named cord layer-being disposed between diagonal layers oi cords.

3. A conveyor belt for running in a troughed condition and receiving material on its face, said belt comprising a body of textile material, a breaker structure thereon, and a protective covering on said breaker structure, said breaker structure comprising a plurality of layers of cords disposed diagonally of the belt with the cords of the layers crossingeach other, the ends of the cords of said layers being spaced from the longitudinal edges oi the belt and embedded in cushioning material with the ends of the cords of a layer oi diagonally disposed cords extending about the edges and under the margins of said body.

4. A conveyor belt comprising a body of material for' resisting longitudinal tension, a body oi rubber composition on the rst said body, a breaker structure in said rubber composition, said breaker structure comprising a plurality of layers of cords disposed diagonally of the belt with the cords of the layers crossing each other and separated from one another by said rubber composition, and a layer of cords disposed transversely across the first said layers and substantially normal to the side edges of the belt, the cords of the transverse layer being separated from one another and from the cords of a diagonally disposed layer by said rubber composition.

. SAMUEL R. REIMEL.

CERTIFICATE 0F cbmcTIoN. Patent No. 2,577,650. Junelfig, 15115,

' SAMUEL R; REIMEL. f

It is vhereby certified that error appears in the printed' specification ofA the 'above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page l, sec--4 ond column, line 2, afterl the word and period "away."l insert the following paragraph umg. 5 1s a similar View showing a modification of the belt of Fig. l.`;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the s'ame may conform to the record of the case in the Patentv Office.

Signed and sealed this ,12th day of February, 'A. D. 19L6.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) First Assistant Commissioner of Patents. 

